Overview of the New Zealand National Integrity System Assessment 2013

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  • Liz Brown

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v10i2.4488

Keywords:

National Integrity System, Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ), Official Information Act, Treaty of Waitangi, corruption in New Zealand institutions, transparency and quality of governance

Abstract

In 2012 Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) decided that during 2013 it would conduct a National Integrity System (NIS) assessment for New Zealand. New Zealand has always rated highly on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) published by Transparency International, and in recent years has consistently ranked first or first equal. However, the CPI is precisely what its name suggests, an index based on perceptions of a country’s corruption status, the perceptions being those of a number  of international agencies. TINZ considered the time was ripe to test the reality behind the perceptions and assess the strengths and weaknesses of New Zealand’s system. 

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Policy Quarterly volume 10 number 2 2014

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2014-05-01

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2014): Policy Quarterly

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